City of Toronto Bargaining

At the City of Toronto, we rely on our employees to deliver the best services to our residents and businesses. We are currently in collective bargaining with TCEU Local 416 – CUPE and CUPE Local 79, the unions representing our outside and inside workers. The City’s goal is to renew collective agreements that are sustainable, build on the progress we have made in previous rounds of bargaining, and enable the City to continue to provide high-quality services in an efficient and effective manner.

The City of Toronto today announced its contingency plan for service delivery in the event of a labour disruption involving members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79, the union representing the City’s inside workers. The City and its approximately...

City Council unanimously ratifies collective agreement with TCEU Local 416 – CUPE 6-Mar-2020 The City has been in negotiations with TCEU Local 416 – CUPE, the union representing our 5,000 outside workers since September 2019. These negotiations included three days...

Statement from TCEU Local 416 – CUPE and the City of Toronto The TCEU Local 416 – CUPE and the City of Toronto have been in collective bargaining since September, including for the last month with the assistance of a Ministry of Labour appointed...

Earlier today the City received the No Board Report from the Ministry of Labour for three of the four Local 79 collective agreements (Full-time, Unit B – Part-time, Recreation Workers' Part-time), which sets the legal strike/lockout deadline for CUPE Local 79, the...

Good afternoon. This afternoon, I met with our bargaining team for an update on our ongoing negotiations with CUPE Local 416. Talks have been progressing – we provided an offer to the Union yesterday and they have passed it back to our bargaining team this afternoon....

On Thursday, Toronto’s residents and businesses may be facing a strike by TCEU Local 416 – CUPE, the union that represents the City’s 5,000 outside workers. This may well be followed a few weeks later by CUPE Local 79 and their 22,000 members. Local 79 represents our inside workers.

The bargaining teams for the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79, the union representing City inside workers, have been in collective bargaining since the beginning of December. In this time we have met with CUPE Local 79 on a number of occasions and discussed a wide...

The City of Toronto today announced its contingency plan for service delivery in the event of a labour disruption involving members of TCEU Local 416 – CUPE, the union representing the City’s outside workers. The City's approximately 5,000 outside workers will be in a...

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UPDATE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING SUB-COMMITTEE Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong, the chair of the City's Collective Bargaining sub-committee, released the following update today: The City of Toronto has always strived to treat...

The bargaining committees for the City and TCEU, Local 416 – CUPE have been in discussions regarding resuming negotiations. The Ministry of Labour appointed conciliator is not available to the parties until February 22, 2020. Until then, the bargaining committees will...